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why does my conspiracy-theorist friend think CFCs are the devil? what did I miss? -- nm

Posted by drumstick jones (aka amanda) Nov 2 '11, 13:56

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Most likely the mercury and other poisonous stuff in them ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 14:13
coated flouro carbon lenes make those super zooms possible, but ptimes are sharper and faster -- nm - z'nuff garlic 'n butter to eat snails Nov 2, 14:08
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they destroy the ozone, but not in the northern hemisphere, only above NZ and Aus -- nm - Karl_S Nov 2, 13:58
wait till they find out about chemtrails of death -- nm - stuffed pixie Nov 2, 13:57
i think they're pretty much banned now aren't they (ozone depletion)? -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 13:56 28
- wiki says yes. -- (link) - loosilu Nov 2, 13:59
- the twisty bulbs are? -- nm - drumstick jones Nov 2, 13:57 26
  - ah, i thought you meant chloroflurocarbons, not compact fluorescents (sp?) -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 13:59
  - huh, cfc is a chemical, not the compact fluorescent bulbs. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 13:59 2
    - hence the C at the end. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:00 1
      - shush youzze -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 14:01
  - this kind? what?? -- (link) - drumstick jones Nov 2, 13:58 [Image] 21
    - Those are CFL's. CFC are emissions that destroy the ozone layer. -- nm - pmb Nov 2, 13:59 19
      - oh pshaw. why does maria want me to boycott CFLs?? -- nm - drumstick jones Nov 2, 14:00 18
        
        cause the damn gub'mit is trying to tell us what light bulbs we're allowed to buy! -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 14:15
        
        three downs, bigger field. makes it all confusing-like. -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 14:13
        
        they're being phased out. they eat a lot of juice. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:01 13
        
        can I have a link on this? because we just replaced every bulb at work with twisty bulbs. -- nm - drumstick jones Nov 2, 14:02 6
        
        no, I had it backwards. the new ones are less juicy. I just hate the light. - loosilu Nov 2, 14:04 4
        
        agree with the IM -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 14:09
        
        Fluorescents are not being phased out. Their efficiency standards have been raised. There are new ones on the shelves right now that meet the standard -- nm - mara Nov 2, 14:06 2
        
        once again: I had them backwards. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:06 1
        
        Sorry, I meant incandescent. The one you actually thought was being phased out. It isn't. -- nm - mara Nov 2, 14:14
        
        i think loosilu was confusing cfls with old timey bubs. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 14:03
        
        oh wait, she doesn't like the CFLs. I hate them, personally. The light is a horrid color and they are not nearly as bright as they claim. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:01 5
        
        I'm not an artiste, so I don't need pure light. I just want to know why they're the devil. -- nm - drumstick jones Nov 2, 14:03 1
        
        what tru said. they contain a small amount of mercury, which means they should be specially recycled, not thrown out. -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 14:15
        
        Color varies a lot. -- nm - psilotum Nov 2, 14:03 1
        
        from pukey to ugly. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:04
        
        Oh yeah, well you're not nearly as bright as you claim! -- nm - CFLs Nov 2, 14:03
        
        i have no idea. is she all about LEDs? -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 14:01
        
        the mercury in the bulbs probably. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 14:00
    - they have mercury in them -- nm - Karl_S Nov 2, 13:59
dont they destroy the ozone or something? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 13:56 1
- but isn't that offset by the vast reduction in greenhouse gases? and in environmental waste? -- nm - drumstick jones Nov 2, 13:57

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